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1、JohnSteinbeckandTheRadical1930sTheRadical1930sTheRadical1930s：激进的三十年代1.Background2.Literature1.BackgroundGreatDepression(1929“BlackThursday”)BeforeandIntheGreatDepression:OncetheAmericandreamthelandofopportunitythelandofhopeandoptimismNowanightmarethelandofdesperationthel
2、andofdespairBetween1929and1932theincomeoftheaverageAmericanfamilywasreducedby40%.Insteadofadvancement,survivalbecamethekeyword.2.Literature1)Writersofthe1920s:stillwritingbutdidn’tproducegoodworks2)Themainstream:left-oriented(左翼的)JohnSteinbeck：约翰·斯坦贝克I.Life:1902-1968II.Po
3、intsofViewIII.StyleIV.MajorWorksV.TheGrapesofWrathJohnErnstSteinbeck,Jr.Americannovelist,shortstorywriter,playwright,essayistaleadingwriterofnovelsabouttheworkingclassamajorspokesmanforthevictimsoftheGreatDepressionI.LifeGerman-IrishancestryBorninSalinas,Californiain1902F
4、ather:JohnErnstSteinbeck,acountytreasurer(财务主管)Mother:OliviaHamilton,ateacherHewasa“handful”(难以管教的人)asachild,somuchsothathismothersaid“JohnwilleitherbePresidentorgotojail”.SteinbeckreceivedhisloveofliteraturefromhismotherwhowasinterestedintheartsHisfavoritebook,andamainin
5、fluenceonhiswriting,wasSirThomasMalory’sLeMorted'ArthurSteinbeckattendedSalinasHighSchoolWherehedecidedwhileinhighschoolthathewantedtobeawriter.ThenstudiedmarinebiologyatStanfordUniversitytookonlythosecoursesthatinterestedhimnevertookhisdegreeInschoolhewasabelowaveragestu
6、dentbutdiddevelopmanyofhisviewsonliteratureduringhistimeincollege.workedasalaboratoryassistantandfarmlaborertosupporthimselfthroughsixyearsofstudyatStanfordUniversitytravelledtoNewYorkworkedasareporter,butfiredUndiscouraged,hereturnedtoCaliforniatobeginworkasawriterofseri
7、ousfiction.WithTortillaFlat(《煎饼坪》,1935),hereceivedcriticalandpopularsuccess.Therearemanycriticswhoconsiderithismostartisticallysatisfyingwork.Steinbeckbegantowriteaseriesof"Californianovels"andDustBowlfiction(Dustbowltrilogy),setamongcommonpeopleduringtheGreatDepression,w
8、hichincludedInDubiousBattle,1936OfMiceandMen,1937TheGrapesofWrath,1939Thisnoveltellsthestoryofaf
